Door-check



(No Model.)

' 0. P. VANDEB-URGH.

DOOR CHECK.

NO. 300,169. Patented June 10, 1884.

- JJVVENTOR N. PETERS PlwiwLitMgF-wher. Wnhingmn, D. C.

i5 Nim STATES ATENT. @FFICE orIs PALMER vnNDEBURGH, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

"DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,169, dated June 10,1884.

Application filed March 20, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Orrs P. VANDEBURGH, acitizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county ofLucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Door-Check, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to door-checks; and it has for its object toprovide a'device of this character which shall be extremely simple inits construction, and yet thoroughly effective and positive in itsoperation, and, further, to provide a device of this character which maybe manufactured and supplied at a slight cost, and one that may bereadily applied.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is an elevation showing the parts in positionto retain the door open, the portion secured to the door being insection; and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the socket which receivesball-head of the stem, arranged upon the base-board.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer tocorresponding parts in the several figures, A represents a door, nearthe bottom and front edge of which is secured a casting, B, which formsthe bearing for the check. This casting B consists of the flanges a,provided with suitable perforations or openings for the passage ofscrews for its attach- Inent. From the upper edges of these flangesprojects a tubular portion, 0, which is provided at its upper end withan inwardly-extending annular flange, G. tubular portion upon the upperedges of the flanges a, the edges of said tubular portion project beyondthe inner edges of the flanges a, thus forming a seat, a, between whichand the door is interposed a strip or piece of rubber, b, which issecurely clamped by means of;

the lower edges of the tubular portion, which, as before stated, projectbeyond the flanges a. D represents a plate securedto the baseboardbymeans of screws or equivalent fast-= ening, which also secure aninterposed piece of rubber, c, the purpose of which will be here- Bylocating the inafter more fully described. From the plate D projects astem, E, which is formed at its upper end with a ball-head, as shown,which is adapted to enter the tubular portion 0 and bear against theedges of the flange C, and thus securely retain the door in an openposition against any drafts or currents of air which may be circulatingthrough a building. The stem E, when in its normal position, is situatedon a plane a slight distance above the edge of the flange O;-but when itstrikes said flange the rubber cushion interposed between its base andthe'base-board yields and allows it to enter, where it is held by theexpansion of said rubber cushion.

It will be seen from the above description that my device is simple, isreadily applied,

is thoroughly effective, and certain in. its operation, and that it maybe manufactured and supplied at a slight cost.

, Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Let-v ters Patent, is-

1. A door-check consisting of a tubular portion having at its lower endan outwardly-projecting flange for its attachment, and. at its upper endan inwardly-projecting flange, and a plate provided with a stem or posthaving a headed portion, and an elastic cushion located between saidplate and the base-board, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a door-check, a stem or post having a headed portion and a platefor its attachment, an elastic cushion interposed between said plate andthe base-board, and means carried by the door for receiving said headedportion of the stem, substantially as set forth.

3. Ina door-check, a tubular portion provided with a flangefor itsattachment, an elastic cushion secured to thedoorwithin said tubularportion, an inwardly-projecting annular flange at the upper edge of saidtubular portion, a stem adapted to be secured to the base-board andprovided with a headed end, and an elastic cushion interposed betweensaid stem and the baseboard, substantially as set forth.

4. A door-check comprising a tubularportion having atits lower end aflange with means for its attachment, an elastic cushion In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as 10 clamped to the door by thelower edgesof said my own I have hereto affixed my signature in tubular portion,which is also provided at its presence of two witnesses.

upper end with an inwardly-extending annu- 5 lar flange, a stem having aball-head, and a OTIS PALMER VANDEBURGH.

suitable attaching-plate formed integral therewith, and an elasticcushion interposed be- Witnesses: tween said plate and the base-board,snbstan- JAMES MARION ITIUESTON,

tially as set forth. RoMANso O. QUIGGLE.

